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He has a big ferret cage, with a loft area. If he is in social distress it is only from not enough petting/ attention. He rushes the side of the cage as I walk past. We let him out and he explores or comes and cuddles. His nose is dry today, maybe sloppy water bottle skills. He still makes the...

I have one rabbit in the house, ( my first baby). He is 4 months old now and while his energy is normal I am noticing racing heart beat, panting and running nose, and lots of cecals. We upped his hay, and started putting less in his bowl pellets wise. He has been panting for a few days, and...

Yea, I told her to wean them asap, she is worried that mom is eating the youngest due to a mineral deficiancy or something. I said she is probably killing them because she is nursing two litters.

A friend of mine had an accident litter and seperated mom and dad ( siblings that she thought were too young to breed) as soon as she found the babies. However, 35 days later she now has a second litter. My friend found one dead and mangled kit this morning, and just saw mom attack another one...

I was given a doe, she has been in close quarters with a buck and the found out how to turn their double hutch into a single. She was due the 15th, is it possible that her body expelled only some of the babies? Like, the whole horned uterus thing, could her body reject the younger ones for...

what do I do about the other kits as they get older? Mom has been sneezing since Jan when I moved her inside to try to breed her. She sneezes mostly when I am putting hay in her cage.

There are seven other kits and I don't know what to do at this point. The one who probably has wry neck has nest box eye, very skinny and tips over when tries to walk. Mom sneezes but there are no liquids (eyes or noise) so I thought it must be hay dust allergies. I have 9 other...

nestbox eye, skin and bones, and now can't walk, keeps flipping over. I found it outside the nest box a few days ago, the eyes are not clearing up. What do you guys think?

So with eight in our nest box, we stick our hand in to do a welfare check and they start going nuts. They're growing, momma is going in and out of the nest, but my first litter was a singleton who was overeating lol. These guys act like they're starving and feel (and look) like a churning...

I had a holland lop kindle before and only one survived ( one stillborn and one peanut in the litter as well) My mini rex just had eight babies, sticking my hand in the nest box to head count today, they were crazy active, desperately trying to nurse off my hand and wrinkly bellies. I am...

The creators are actually in my 4H group. Well the daughter is, in our livestock council. They will be coming to show my kids how to do the tattoos sometime soon

He definitely fell over/ kick/ curled up whatever you want to call it, twice. That last time. Poor guy it was like watching a comedy of errors.

I bred her Feb 17th, I put her in his cage three or four times but only once did he successfully mount her, actually it twice in that last pairing. She wasn't really receptive (running away, lifting but running and chirping) and both are first timers.

I tried to breed my mini rexes who were 6 months to the day, the day we bred them. Yesterday was popple day, but I really don't think she is pregnant at all. She is showing no behaviors at all, etc. When can I put her back in with him?

How long should we wait to rebreed? Both my doe and buck are first timers, and today is kindling day, I have seen no nesting behaviors, which I get is still in the realm of normal. But how long should I wait to reintroduce to my buck?